Elbridge G. Spaulding

Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (24 February 1809-5 May 1897) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NY 32) from 4 March 1849 to 3 March 1851 (succeeding Nathan K. Hall and preceding Solomon G. Haven) and from 4 March 1859 to 3 March 1863 (succeeding Israel T. Hatch and preceding Walter L. Sessions).

Biography
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding was born in Summer Hill, New York in 1809, and he became a lawyer in Genesee County in 1832 before moving to Buffalo in 1834. He served as city clerk in 1836 and as Mayor from 1847 to 1848, and he served in the State Assembly that same year. Spaulding went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851 and from 1859 to 1863, as well as State Treasurer from 1854 to 1855. He opposed slavery and supported the idea for a US currency not backed by gold or silver in order to keep the Union economy afloat during the American Civil War. He left the US Congress in 1863, and he died in 1897.